Digital Paintball
Digital Paintball (DPB) is a multiplayer paintball video game developed as a modification of Half-Life. It presents team-based paintball from a first-person perspective, with selectable equipment and fields inspired by both real and fictional playing environments. A public release was announced in September 2002, followed by further versions and a later revival titled Digital Paintball Redux.[1][2][3]
Gameplay
[edit]Players join a team and select their equipment before competing on a paintball field. Objectives typically involve capturing a flag or eliminating the opposing team. The original project offered a selection of paintball markers, player movements and field layouts intended to recreate tournament paintball.[1]
The later Redux version includes environments representing woodsball, speedball, airball and hyperball.[3]
Development and releases
[edit]The Digital Paintball team announced a release through ModDB on 19 September 2002. Subsequent development announcements included version 2.1 in July 2003 and plans for version 2.2 in August 2004.[1][2]
Digital Paintball Gold was released in October 2006. The accompanying development announcement described the resolution of a persistent crashing problem that had delayed a final build for Half-Life.[1]
Digital Paintball: Source
[edit]The project also expanded to the Source engine. According to the developers' retrospective account, Digital Paintball: Source received an alpha release on 25 March 2007, followed by a second alpha later that year. Development subsequently slowed as members of the team moved to other projects and commitments.[3]
Digital Paintball Redux
[edit]Digital Paintball Redux was released on Steam on 7 April 2020. Its developers described it as a continuation of the version 2.1 experience, with updated textures, sounds, menus, maps and equipment, together with Steam community integration.[3]
Redux is distributed as a free community modification requiring ownership of Half-Life.[3]
Distinction from Digital Paint
[edit]Digital Paintball is separate from Digital Paint: Paintball 2. The latter uses Quake II-derived technology and movement, while Digital Paintball originated as a Half-Life modification.[1][4]
See also
[edit]- Paintball video game
- Digital Paint: Paintball 2
- Infinite Tournament Paintball
- Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball
References
[edit]- Digital Paintball. Official project profile and development announcements, ModDB.
- RELEASE!. Digital Paintball development announcement, ModDB, 19 September 2002.
- Digital Paintball Redux. Developer description and release information, Steam.
- Digital Paint: Paintball 2. Official project website.